One more comment then I will return the floor back to the experts :-)

Aluminum being that old would naturally bend -- its a softer metal
and I'm sure back then the quality -- stability was not great.

I would like to know more how the mast and boom are made
---what materials the use today if someone would like to email me



NH_/)_

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
The picture looks like both mast and boom are bent, how much to replace
both of them?. If he ordered sails instead this tell me to replace the
boom and

I don't see any indication that the mast is damaged. Replacing the boom
would
be easy and not that expensive. He might even do it for free as the rig
size is
pretty common. Of course, finding the exact boom might not happen, which
shows
how foolish he was to order new sails first.
Ass-backwards lubberly thinking by Capt. Neal...as always. You note he's
not
defending this point. How could he? The boom is BENT!

RB